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Discover Art
A place to connect with your creativity and imagination in a relaxed, enjoyable way.
Discover Nature
Get hands-on with specimens and discover the wonders of our natural world
Discover Nature encourages visitors to explore the wonders of our natural world and learn about the different challenges our world faces. Many of our objects on display can be touched and handled.
Get in touch with your inner scientist, humanitarian and explorer;
- Crawl inside our sensory tree to explore nature and sound, and see how many baby animals you can spot!
- Practise your scientific skills using our microscope to focus on the minute details of the world around us.
- Delve into the prehistoric era with our dinosaur material.
- If you are brave enough, look at our different species of insects in our specimen drawers.
- Take in the panoramic views over the Botanic Gardens and Friar Bush Graveyard
Discovery Centres are open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00. Please enquire on arrival as it may not always be possible to gain access to all or some of the centres during your visit.
From Discover Nature, you’ll also see panoramic views over the Botanic Gardens and Friars Bush Graveyard!
